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A group of investigators from the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) traveled to Ukraine to investigate an international class action lawsuit against Russia, which is accused of possible war crimes during a special military operation, BBC News reports.
As noted, at a briefing on Thursday, the Chief Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Karim Khan, stressed that “any party that directly targets the civilian population and civilian objects is committing a crime defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and international humanitarian laws.”
The day before it became known that after the initial analysis of the situation in Ukraine, the ICC prosecutor’s office “saw enough reason to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court could have been committed.”
Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
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Source: Rosbalt
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